Good Morning Sir, Good Morning classmates!

May topic is all about Pronoun. Pronoun is a part of speech that a word used in place of a
noun.
For example:
Raymond watched the basketball game with his friends.
He enjoyed it more than they did.
it is used in place of Raymond.
they is used in place of friends.
All pronouns have antecedents. An antecedent is the word to which the pronoun refers.
Tony is finishing his assignment.
Tony is the antecedent of his.
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number, person and gender.
Agreement of pronoun and its Antecedent. A pronoun must agree in number, person
and gender with its antecedent.
Wanda brought her new book to school.
The antecedent in this sentence is Wanda; it is to Wanda that the pronoun her refers. Both
pronoun and its antecedent.
Use a singular pronoun to refer to such antecedents as each, either, neither, everyone, one,
anyone, everybody, somebody, nobody, and a person.
Everyone in class casts his votes.
One of the rooms is missing its key.
Two or more singular antecedents joined by or or nor should be referred to by a singular
pronoun.
Neither the principal not the teacher brought her car.
Two or more antecedents joined by and should be referred to by a plural prnoun.
The leader and the office have their wits about them.
The number of the relative pronoun (who, which, that) is determined by the number of the
word to which it refers or its antecedent.
Mr. John is one of those officers who are continually protecting their members.
Who is plural because it refers to officers. Therefore, the plural forms are and their agree
with who.
There are kind of pronoun first Personal Pronoun its indicate whether the person is
specking, is speaking to, or is spoken of.
A first person pronoun is used in place of the name of the speaker.
For example:
I feel happy.
We call him lucky.
A second person pronoun is used to name the person or thing spoken to.
You read the Successful Achievement Book by Dr. Sidney Bremer.
A third person pronoun is used to name the person or thing spoken about.
She said that walking is good exercise.
The form of a personal pronoun indicates its number (singular or plural) gender
(masculine, feminine, or neuter) person (first, second, third) and case (nominative, possessive,
objective)
The number of a pronoun can be singular or plural.
Singular personal pronouns are- I, you, he, she, it.
Plural personal pronouns are- we, you, they.
Notice that the pronoun you can be singular or plural.
You are the only person I trust. (singular)
You are all invited to the party. (plural)
The case of each pronoun tells how it is related to the other words used with it. These are
nominative case, possessive case and objective case. A pronoun is in the nominative case
when it is used as subject of the verb.
The following are nominative forms: I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.
I love to read books.
A pronoun is also in the nominative case when it is used as predicate nominative and
follows a form of the be verb (is, are, was, were, both).
It is I, said the mother in a low voice.
It is he! shouted the maid in the kitchen
A pronoun is in the possessive case when it shows possession or ownership. An
apostrophe, however, is not used with personal pronoun to show possession. (my, mine,
our, ours, his, her, their, its, yours)
A pronoun is in the objective case when it is used as the direct object, indirect object, or
object of the preposition.
Gina saw me. (direct object)
Susan gives me a gift. (indirect object)
Terence was interested in listening because the story was about him. (Object of the
preposition)
Number, Person and Case of Personal Pronouns
Singular


Nominative Case Possessive Case

Objective
Case
1
st
person I my, mine me
2
nd
person You your, yours you
3
rd
person He his him
she her, hers her
it its It

Plural
Nominative Case Possessive Case Objective Case
1
st
person we our, ours Us
2
nd
person you you, yours You
3
rd
person they their, theirs Them

Relative Pronoun- relates one part of sentence to word in another part of the sentence.
Specifically, the relative pronoun indicates that a dependent clause describes a noun in the
independent clause. The underlined word is the noun the relative pronoun and the
antecedent clause are in Italics.
Example:
The book which I read last night taught me to use my creative imagination.
The teacher who taught me success principles is Madam Percy.
Reflexive Pronoun- reflects on the subject or refers to it. A reflexive pronoun can act as
direct object or indirect object of the verb, object of the proposition or a predicate
nominative.
Example:
I love myself. (direct object of love)
I give myself a break. (indirect object of give)
I smile at myself in the mirror. (object of proposition at)
I am truly myself every time. (predicate nominative)
Interrogative Pronoun- asks a question who, whom, which, why, where, what, when, how.
Example:
What do u want?
Where do you live?

Demonstrative Pronoun- identifies or points out a noun without naming it.
Example:
That is the house I like.
This is a good material for a suit.

Indefinite Pronoun- refers to a vague or unknown word.
Example:
Whoever returns this book on the table will be given a gift.
None of us was late.

Reciprocal Pronoun- indicates an exchange of action in accordance with what is
suggested by the verb.
Example:
Let us help one another to achieve our goals.
Lucy and Jen exchanged gifts with each other.

Thats all thank you! Thank you for listening! Here is my short quiz.

Quiz:
Underline the correct personal pronoun in the parentheses.
1. I like (they, them)
2. My sister and (me, I) belong to Group A.
3. Did you see (she, her) at the party?
4. Everybody wants (her, she) muse.
5. I consider (he, him) intelligent.
6. That suggestion is (his, he) not mine.
7. (Them, They) are swimming in the pool.
8. That is (my, mine)
9. Is this (yours, your) book?
10. Grandma always pampers (we, us) with care.
























Republic of the Philippines
Aklan State University
College of Fisheries and Marine Sciences
New Washington, Aklan


Bachelor of Science in Custom Administration1
English1 Study and Thinking Skills

Pronoun







Prepared by: Submitted to:
JOMIE GRACE R. MANSAYON KHEN A. COSEPE
(BSCA) (Course Instructor)